Tobacco smoking device



Oct. 9, 1962 H. F. FLINT TOBACCO SMOKING DEVICE Filed July 13, 1961INVENTOR.

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United States Patent 3,057,362 TOBACCO SMUKING DEVHIE Henry F. Flint,25851 W. 8 Mile Road, Southficld, Mich. Filed July 13, 1961, Ser. No.123,851 2 Claims. (6!. 131-173) This invention relates to a tobaccosmoking device which, for instance, may be either in the nature of atobacco pipe, a cigar holder or a cigarette holder.

While it has long been known to provide a pipe with which a waterreservoir is provided through the water of which smoke is by-passed tothe user in a manner calculated to remove undesirable by-products fromthe smoke, while at the same time cooling and moisturizing the smoke,the present invention, while employing in general such a system, isdirected to a simple, compact and portable arrangement adapted forcarrying in the pocket of a smoker without adding undue weight orawkwardness such as would detract from the handling of the smokingdevice in the general manner associated with smoking pipes or cigarorcigarette-holders.

The present invention further provides, in combination with such adevice, means for preventing leakage of water from the reservoir to theouter passages of the device when it may be inverted or otherwise movedto a position where such leakage would otherwise occur, such as when thedevice is being carried in the pocket of the user.

A still further object of the said invention is to provide, in such anarrangement, a porous filter preferably made of a more or lesswater-repellent material renewably interposed in the inlet passage tothe reservoir as a means of increasing the efficiency of the filteringoperation of the device.

Still further objects or advantages additional or subsidiary to theaforesaid objects, or resulting from the construction or operation ofthe invention as it may be carried into eifect, will become apparent asthe said invention is hereinafter further disclosed.

In carrying the said invention into effect, I may utilize the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, by way ofexample, having reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a vertical sectional view of co-operative elements of apipe, cigar or cigarette holder embodying the said invention;

FIGURE 2 is a cross section of the same taken on a plane indicated bythe line 22 in FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 3 is a sectional view of the reservoir taken on a plane indicatedon the line 3-3 in FIGURE 1; and

FIGURE 4 is a perspective detail view of the slide valve.

Similar characters of reference indicate similar parts of the severalfigures of the drawing.

The stem of a smoking pipe (or other tobacco holders such as a cigarorcigarette-holder) and a mouthpiece 11 shown as being connected, as byspigots 10 and 11', to an intermediate member or body portion 12 havingcorresponding sockets 10" and 11", for convenience of manufacture,although it will be obvious that either one or other, or all of thesemembers 10, 11 and 12, may be integral with one another, if considereddesirable.

Extending below the member 12 is an extension 13 providing on theunderside a recessed facing to receive the upper end of a reservoir 14,15 being an interposed leakproof gasket and 16 an elongated boltextending upwardly through the base of the said reservoir 14. The member12 has a threaded downwardly extended cavity therein communicating withthe socket 10" of the said member 12 whereby the upper end of the bolt16, when in its reservoir-securing position, extends into impingementwith the spigot 10 so that the said bolt acts as a setscrew performingthe function of both locking the member 10 to the member 12 as well assecuring the reservoir 14 in place on the extension 13 of the saidmember 12. As shown in the drawing, the spigot 10' may be grooved orrecessed, as at 41, for more elfective engagement of the end of the bolt16 therewith. 17 is a leak proof gasket interposed between the head ofthis bolt and the base on the reservoir.

The extension 13 is shown as having an inlet port 36 to the reservoirand an outlet port 37, 18 being the bore of the stem 10 leadingto theport 36 and being arcuately formed for ease in cleaning, while 19 is asimilar bore in the member 12 connecting with the outlet port 37 andwith the bore of the mouthpiece 11.

It is proposed to insert a filter in the smoke passage in advance of thereservoir, and in this example the extension 13 is provided with adownwardly extending tube 20 the lower part of which is in the form of aremovable cap 21 and forms a holder for a replaceable filter cartridge22, the filtering medium of which is preferably of a waterrepellentnature.

The cap 21 of the tube 20 terminates adjacent the base of the reservoir,and is provided in its lower terminal portion with a recessed valve seat23 adapted to receive a check valve which, in this example, is in theform of a relatively heavy ball 24 normally resting in a depression orcavity 24 in the base of the reservoir and confronting the recessedlower end of the said cap 21. Thus, upon inversion of the device, saidball will move into said recess and into sealing position against thevalve seat 23 to deter any undesirable flow of water from the reservoirback into the bore of the stem 10 of the tobacco holder. Similarly, andfor the same purpose, the outlet port 37 is provided with a recessedvalve seat 37 for a check valve or ball 25 which is normally supportedon an internal projection or shelf 26 at the upper end of the reservoir14 and below said valve seat 37.

As a positive means of shutting off communication between the reservoirand the bores 18 and 19 of the device to prevent the access of waterthereto, when the device may be laid on one side or inverted, a slidevalve 27 is provided having orifices 28 and 29 therein normallyestablishing communication between the ports 36 and 37 and the bores 18and 19, a slot 30 permitting movement of the valve 27 in one or otherdirection to an extent limited by the bolt 16 whereby to shift the saidorifices 28 and 29 into and out of their normal synchronized position aswill be obvious. Thus, the set bolt 16, in addition to being the meansof securing both the reservoir 14 and the tobacco holder 10 to themember 12, also serves as the stop for limiting the reciprocal motion ofthe slide valve 27 between its open and closed positions. 31 indicatesany suitable gasket means which may be employed to prevent leakage aboutsaid slide valve.

It will be observed that while the members 10, 11 and 12, althoughcoupled together for convenience, operate in combination as a singlestructure, and are therefore referred to in the claims as a smokepassage unit which is characterized by the inlet passage or bore 18 andthe outlet passage or bore 19, each opening in spaced relation throughthe lower side of the unit.

What I claim is:

l. A tobacco smoking device of the type described, comprising, a tobaccoholder provided with a spigot, a mouthpiece, an intermediate bodyportion having inlet and outlet bores opening downwardly from saidholder and said mouthpiece, respectively, in spaced relation to oneanother, a detachable water reservoir positioned beneath said bodyportion, said body portion having a threaded orifice extending upwardlytherethrough to said spigot, a tubular member extending downwardly intosaid reservoir from the inlet bore of said body portion, check-valvemeans for closing the said bores against escape of water therethroughwhen said device is tilted or inverted, and an elongated combinationbolt and set-screw passing upwardly through said reservoir and saidthreaded orifice whereby to secure said reservoir in position on saidbody portion and also to secure the spigot of said tobacco holder insaid body portion of the device.

2. A tobacco smoking device of the type described, comprising, a tobaccoholder provided with a spigot, a mouthpiece, an intermediate bodyportion having inlet and outlet bores opening downwardly from saidholder and said mouthpiece, respectively, in spaced relation to oneanother, a detachable water reservoir positioned beneath said bodyportion, said body portion having a threaded orifice extending upwardlytherethrough to said spigot, a tubular member extending downwardly intosaid reservoir from the inlet bore of said body portion, checkvalvemeans for closing the said bores against escape of water therethroughwhen said device is tilted or inverted, a manually operable slide-valvefor positively closing the bores of said device, said slide-valve havinga slot therein, an elongated combination bolt and set-screw passingthrough said reservoir, said slot and said threaded orifice whereby tosecure said reservoir in position on said body portion, to cooperatewith said slot to limit the motion of said slide valve and to secure thespigot of said tobacco holder in said body portion of the device.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,543,043 Allen June 23, 1925 1,563,460 Walker Dec. 1, 1925 2,672,872Francken Mar. 23, 1954 2,807,268 Wang Sept. 24, 1957

